Horizon Air Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) N439QX (msn 4246) (Q400 comfortably greener) SEA (Nick Dean), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Horizon Air’s (Seattle/Tacoma) technicians have ratified a new four-year contract, successfully concluding all of the airline’s active labor negotiations.
About 72 percent of Horizon’s mechanics voted, and more than 65 percent of those did so in favor of the agreement, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). Voting took place from early November through early December.
The new contract will take effect once it’s signed on December 16. As part of the agreement, Horizon’s 337 mechanics will gain participation in the airline’s performance-based incentive plan.
The contract became amendable in November 2008. In April 2009, Horizon’s technicians, who had previously been represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, voted to make the IBT their new representative. Negotiations between Horizon and the IBT began in October 2009, and a tentative agreement was reached on November 3, 2010.
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